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PIANO ROLES: A NEW HISTORY OF THE PIANO
Parakilas, James
2002 31499 ABOUT THE BOOK Piano Roles: A New History of the Piano FROM THE PUBLISHER This delightfully written book examines every aspect of the history of the piano over the past three hundred years. It deals with the piano's place in classical and popular music cultures, its meaning in different eras, its acceptance in all parts of the world, and images it has inspired in literature, art, and the movies. This new paperback edition includes 47 halftone illustrations. Winner of the 2000 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division of the Association of American Publishers Book Award in the Arts category FROM THE CRITICS Herbert Kupferberg - Houston Chronicle A book that will tell you everything you want to know about the piano, except maybe how to play it... . [The book] is replete with artworks, photos, history, anecdotes, and reminiscences. William H. Prichard - Hudson Review A treasure book containing all I ever didn't know about the piano. Marek Zebrowski - Boston Book Review Without a doubt, anything and everything related to the piano will be found on these pages. A great number of facts (musical, stylistic, artistic, historic, cultural, political, commercial, mechanical, psychological, personal, medical, and more) have been presented in this coherent, well-written, and eminently readable treatise. Michelle Krisel - Los Angeles Times Book Review This elegant book is for those who struggle to master the instrument as well as for those who simply prefer to succumb to its beauty. Al Brumley - Dallas Morning News An audaciously impressive collection of essays beautifully illustrated and lovingly written... . Piano Roles is a book to be savored. Music lovers will probably be unable to help themselves from reading it from to back, but pick any section and you'll be able to jump right back in. WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING In turns highly entertaining and very educational, full of extraordinary facts. An admirable addition to the literature on this subject. (- André Previn). Yale University Press 0-300-09306-3 / 9780300093063
Paperback As New New Haven, CT
Price:
17.65 USD
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